[Search wiki] Close either main or Mini namespace

[Fred Bauder]

Maybe we could keep the mini namespace for brief articles about subjects,
or words and phrases, and devote the main article to disambiguation and
search issues that the title brings up. Suggestions about keywords to add
or subtract to get particular results, etc. The search namespace seem the
appropriate place for policy and editing guidelines.

Fred Bauder

> yup seems good to me also :-)  maybe we could move all minis: to the
> mainspace and then use search: for the current main space pages.  i
> think the moves can be done via db edits ( i hope) otherwise we will
> need a move bot :-)
>
> thanks
>
> mark
>
> On Jan 15, 2008 6:29 AM, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>
>> I think this makes sense a lot...
>>
>> what I would propose is:
>>
>> mainspace is article space... get rid of mini.
>>
>> And then search: and/or wikia: space is used for "meta" pages.
>>
>>
>>
>> Rainer Blome wrote:
>> > Hi!
>> > Please see
>> >
>> http://search.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Suggest_to_forbid_new_articles_in_main_namespace,
>> the gist of which is this:
>> >
>> > For whatever reason, some new articles intended for search engine
>> users
>> (mini articles), ranging from ten to fifty per day, are created in the
>> main instead of in the Mini namespace.
>> >
>> > I see two ways to deal with this: Either effectively prevent main
>> pages,
>> or make them the norm.
>> >
>> > Disabling the creation of new pages in the main namespace would make
>> it
>> clearer that the main namespace is off limits for mini articles.
>> > The wiki pages with project content (contents of the "Search" wiki)
>> should instead be created in a dedicated namespace, for example
>> "search:".
>> >
>> > Assuming that mini articles pose the majority in this wiki (if not
>> yet,
>> they soon will be), an alternative approach suggests itself:
>> >
>> > Drop the "Mini:" prefix altogether.  First move all articles
>> currently
>> in the main namespace to "search:", then move all mini articles to the
>> main namespace.  The search engine would then have to look for mini
>> articles in the main namespace.
>> >
>> > The latter may be the simpler approach in the long run, especially
>> for
>> the users.  It is less confusing, and allows for easier copying of
>> existing content from Wikipedia, especially disambiguation pages.
>> >
>> > Rainer
>> >
>>
>>
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